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Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
In secretly recorded audio, President Trump's sister says he has ‘no principles’ and 'you can't trust him' — Maryanne Trump Barry was serving as a federal judge when she heard her brother, President Trump, suggest on Fox News, “maybe I'll have to put her at the border” amid a wave of refugees entering the United States.
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
President's Sister Describes Trump as Liar With ‘No Principles’ in Recordings — In a series of recordings published by The Washington Post, Maryanne Trump Barry can be heard disparaging her brother's performance as president. — WASHINGTON — Maryanne Trump Barry, President Trump's older sister …
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Boston.com
Daniel Cassady / Forbes:
Washington Postal Workers Defy USPS Orders And Reinstall Mail Sorting Machines — Postal workers in Washington State have reinstalled high-speed mail sorting machines—dismantled after controversial orders from the U.S. Postal Service— despite USPS orders not to put machines back in use. — KEY FACTS
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New York Times:
Mnuchin Paved Way for Postal Service Shake-Up — At President Trump's behest, the Treasury Secretary sought out appointees who would restructure the United States Postal Service. — WASHINGTON — In early February, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin invited two Republican members …
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House Committee on Oversight and Reform:
New Postal Service Documents Show Nationwide Delays Far Worse Than Postal Service Has Acknowledged — Internal “PMG Briefing” Shows Alarming Delays Across the Board— First-Class, Marketing, Periodicals, and Priority Mail — “After being confronted on Friday with first-hand reports …
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The Hill, Breitbart, The Guardian, Raw Story and Fox News
Washington Post:
How Trump, Mnuchin and DeJoy edged the Postal Service into a crisis — Soon after Louis DeJoy arrived at the U.S. Postal Service's L'Enfant Plaza headquarters in mid-June, Mark Dimondstein, the veteran leader of the agency's largest union, called to get on the new postmaster general's schedule.
Axios:
House passes bill to reverse U.S. Postal Service changes
House passes bill to reverse U.S. Postal Service changes
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New York Times:
Congress Votes to Block U.S.P.S. Changes
Congress Votes to Block U.S.P.S. Changes
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Washington Post:
House passes bill to boost U.S. Postal Service amid Trump attacks
House passes bill to boost U.S. Postal Service amid Trump attacks
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Grace Panetta / Business Insider:
Postmaster general Louis DeJoy and several Republican senators broke with the president to say voting by mail is safe
Postmaster general Louis DeJoy and several Republican senators broke with the president to say voting by mail is safe
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NBC New York, Forbes and WINK NEWS
ABC News:
House passes $25B bill to block USPS changes ahead of election
House passes $25B bill to block USPS changes ahead of election
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Michael Hiltzik / Los Angeles Times:
Column: DeJoy's appointment as postmaster general looks even more dishonest than you thought
Column: DeJoy's appointment as postmaster general looks even more dishonest than you thought
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Forbes and BillMoyers.com
New York Times:
Republicans Rush to Finalize Convention ('Apprentice' Producers Are Helping) — The party is promising a more traditional in-person spectacle with President Trump speaking every night. Coming into this weekend, producers at the major TV networks had only a foggy idea of what to expect.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
An Apprentice producer and a TV-obsessed president: Inside the GOP's convention scramble — President Donald Trump had just pulled the plug on plans for an in-person convention bash in Jacksonville, Florida when a handful of his top political aides met in a conference room in suburban Washington, sitting in front of a blank whiteboard.
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
William Barr told Murdoch to ‘muzzle’ Fox News Trump critic, new book says — The attorney general, William Barr, told Rupert Murdoch to “muzzle” Andrew Napolitano, a prominent Fox News personality who became a critic of Donald Trump, according to a new book about the rightwing TV network.
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Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Biden Gets No Immediate Convention Bounce, but Still Leads Trump — Democratic nominee earns best favorability ratings yet in post-DNC poll — In a post-convention poll, former Vice President Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump by 9 points among likely voters, compared with an 8-point margin earlier in the week.
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Harry Enten / CNN:
Young voters prefer Biden, but they may not vote
Young voters prefer Biden, but they may not vote
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Carrie Sheffield / Just The News:
Joe Biden's mysteriously disappearing “Dislikes” on YouTube
Kathleen Parker / Washington Post:
The party of Trump is already a convention of ghoulish clowns
The party of Trump is already a convention of ghoulish clowns
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Mary Papenfuss / Yahoo News:
Trump Told Homeland Security To Take Its Orders From Lou Dobbs, Former Official Says — Donald Trump told officials from the Department of Homeland Security to get their marching orders by listening to Fox Business host — Lou Dobbs “every night,” former DHS chief of staff Miles Taylor told Anderson Cooper on Friday.
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The Hill
Katie Shepherd / Washington Post:
Portland police stand by as Proud Boys and far-right militias flash guns and brawl with antifa counterprotesters — PORTLAND, Ore. — On Saturday afternoon, a large crowd of more than 100 far-right activists, including Proud Boys and armed militia members, descended on Portland, Ore. …
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The US Sun, New York Times and Twitchy
Politico:
Trump set to block controversial Alaska gold mine — The Trump administration is planning to block the proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska early next week, six people familiar with the plans told POLITICO, marking a surprise reversal that could be the death knell for the massive copper and gold project.
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Seth Cohen / Forbes:
The Real Reason Alyssa Milano Attracts Such Fierce Animosity From The Right — If you spend time reading or listening to conservative media outlets these days, you would think that the United States faces a far greater threat than Covid-19, global warming, racial injustice, or economic inequality.
Joe Mario Pedersen / Orlando Sentinel:
Once in a lifetime: two hurricanes, same time, same place — As if the 2020 hurricane season needed another reason to be remembered, meteorologists are now predicting two hurricanes may hit near the same location at about the same time. — The phenomenon is one that has never been recorded before …
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Twitchy
Benjamin Weinthal / Jerusalem Post:
Switzerland may ban terrorist organization Hezbollah — A full ban of Hezbollah's activities Switzerland would mean that the Lebanese organization's symbols would be banned and its bank accounts and assets seized and frozen within Swiss territory. — The central European country Switzerland …
Washington Post:
Trump looks to Republican convention for campaign reboot — Republicans will open their national convention Monday with an urgent mission: To convince voters pessimistic about the state of a country battered by the novel coronavirus, economic recession and racial upheaval that President Trump deserves four more years at the helm.
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Mary Kay Linge / New York Post:
Joe Biden faces new plagiarism claim over DNC acceptance speech — That's sloppy, Joe. — Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden reprised his penchant for borrowing lines from other people's work this week — apparently relying a bit too heavily on the words of a deceased Canuck party leader during …
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Dan Evon / Snopes.com:
Did Democrats Omit ‘Under God’ from the Pledge of Allegiance? — Claim — The Democratic National Convention omitted the phrase “under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance in 2020. — Rating — What's True — The phrase “under God” was omitted from at least two recitations of the Pledge …
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Colleen Long / Associated Press:
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's distortion on Dems and the pledge
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's distortion on Dems and the pledge
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